Hello.
Congratulations, I’ve been dreaming of a 32-bit remake of this game for a long time.
The idea of this F.E.Hack is great, but the 8-bit graphics/art of the characters is really horrible, even on real hardware ( tested on slot2 DS Lite):
It’s like getting punched in the stomach.
This immediately makes you lose interest, at the first approach, in the game, and it is a pity…
Why don’t you make the best use of the graphic potentialities of the console, using portraits, maybe similar to the original 8 bit ones, but in step with the times (taking them from the site archive, or having them created by a graphic artist)?
Mine is a simple suggestion, but I think I’m not the only one who thinks so.
I hope I made myself understood, despite my bad english.
Thanks for the feedback! Your english was good.
To be honest, I don’t really like the FE1 art either. I just used it because I knew it would be easy for a single person with minimal portrait skills to implement. I was thinking about using the repository for art, but portraits were missing for about half of the characters.
I also thought about using FE3 portraits, but some characters were completely cut (Riff, Darros, etc.) or never existed in the first place (Norne, Frey, etc.) I think that ‘Biraku Emblem’ has art for these characters, but I only learned about this when all of my portraits were already finished and implemented.
I might go back and change the art in a future update when I have time, but for now I’m just glad that the game is completely playable.
Character, location, and weapon names have all been updated to align with FE11. Gone are the days of Paola, Katua, and Est abandoning Macedonia to fight against Mediuth of Durhua!
You probably know this, but a lot of characters in FE11 were either cut from FE3 or weren’t around at the time. Luckily, the creator of Biraku Emblem made a lot of portraits in the FE3 style!
However, there is still a problem. Horace, Ymir, and Nagi are still missing their art as I haven’t found an easy way to transport it from Biraku Emblem to GBA. As it stands, these characters have temporary stand-ins until I can get everything sorted. If you know of a way to get these three portraits, please tell me.
Miscellaneous Fixes
Matthis no longer grows like a generic enemy. All this amounted to was him getting 1 extra HP, so it’s no big deal.
Enemies no longer have luck growths and bosses no longer have base luck.
Slightly improved stat caps for magic classes.
The new patch is in the same spot as before, just use a clean rom and rename it to match your save data. As always, please tell me if you find any bugs or have any feedback.
It’s been quite a while since the last update, but here’s version 1.2! This has actually been finished for a couple of months since I already submitted it to FEE3 a while ago, but oh well. This is a small update with some slight fixes to graphical issues, but the real change is with forged weapons.
They can now be bought on the preps screen rather than from Anna after you start the map. This allows you to more easily plan your strategy around it’s contents as well as letting you buy more than one weapon at a time. As usual, apply the patch to a clean FE8 rom and report any errors you may find. Have fun!
Phew! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been busy working on other hacks, but I’m finally ready to unveil Dark Dragon Reborn v2.0! This version has a couple of miscellaneous changes to units, mostly buffs to characters that I felt were too weak to reasonably contribute. Beyond that, I also added some much needed polish to the game. The link in the first post has been updated with the newest release, so apply it to a clean FE8 ROM. You can carry over previous save files if you have them, so don’t worry about losing progress.
Changes
To start with, stationary enemies now have Diamonds on their map sprite. This just stops certain enemies from blindsighting the player with how their AI works.
In terms of graphical changes, I’ve finally inserted palettes for every single character! This took the brunt of my time honestly, most other changes were quite simple.
The last addition to the game is the Challenge Room. This is just a fun post-game area that can be accessed from seizing the lower right corner of Chapter 25. Make sure you don’t overwrite that save file with the epilogue!
Anyways, thanks for taking the time to check out this game! I’ve learned quite a bit from making this hack and plan on making more in the future. As always, if you find any issues or have suggestions, just let me know!
That was more of a workaround for reclassing. Since promotion resets your level, I needed to let characters reclass even if they were below level 10. I don’t think it’s a major issue since most people will probably wait until their unit is around level 14-16 before considering using a Master Seal. But if you really want to promote a unit at level 7 or something you totally can.
Okay, I just updated the link to include Version 2.1 which fixes the Ballistician-Wing Spear error.
I’ve also made two other patches with some QoL features. The first is labeled “Minimug” which lets you see some basic unit info on the map like Atk, Hit, and Crit. The other patch is labeled “Fixed Growths” which has the same QoL from the Minimug patch and stops unit’s from having random levels, so they’ll stay close to their average stats.
Are there talk options for characters and do they display on the battlefield as a QOL? Also are there any other prf weapons like the tomes or stones in this?
The talk options do not appear as QOL on the battlefield, but you can see it on a character’s status screen like in the image below. I didn’t add any new dialogue or support conversations, so all Talk events are just for recruitment.
Also everything DarkPrinceRick said about prf weapons is correct. The Rapier and Falchion are exclusive to Marth as usual, but some staves are also for certain units (It should be stated in the item’s descriptions). Hammerne is for Lena, Aum is for Elice, Rescue is for Maria, and Silence is for Wrys.
